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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. WIGMORE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN H. DOERR, OF SAME PLAGE.

SLEEPING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,807, dated September 19, 1882.

Application filed July 15, 1882. (No model.)

. T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. WIGMORE,

. a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the count-y of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sleeping-Gars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is auimprovement in the one patented to John H. Doerr, March l, 1881, and ro numbered 238,367; and it consists of certain devices for seeurin g the bed-bottom to the skeleton frame; a device for holding said frame in its elevated position against the wall of the car when not in use in such a manner as to prevent the jostling of the car causing a rattling or turning it downward from the wall,

and in the combination of the curtain of the lower berth with said frame.

`In the accompanying drawings, which make 2o a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a l'rout elevation oi' a section ol' a car-body having my improvements, the skeleton frame D beingin a horizontal position, supporting the bed-bottom of the upper berth and the curtain'ot' the lower berth being connected therewith. Fig.

2, Sheet No. 2, is a like view with the attachments of the skeleton frame D removed and said trame connected with the wall C. Fig. 3, Sheet No. 3, is a vertical section at the broken line w a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectionfon an enlarged scale ot' the skeleton frame D through a plate, d, and tenon d. Fig. 5 is a face view ofthe plate el. Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the same. Figs. 7 and 8 are viewsat right angles 3 5 with each other of one ot' the screws G.

Like letters ot' reference in all the figures indicate the same parts.

A represents a section of the Hoor ot' the car, upon which the seats B B rest, and C is a section of the wall at that point.

D is a skeleton frame for supporting the bedbottom ot' the upper berth when let down into a horizontal position, as seen in Fig.3,in which position it is held at its rear edge by means ot' the eye-plates a a on its under side and the hooks b b in the wall C, and at its outer edge it is supported by means of the braces E E, which are jointed at their front ends to the frame near its front edge and at their rear 5o ends to the wall-plates c c, as seen in Fig. 3.

F F and F F are cushions, which form the bed-bottom, their ends resting in rabbets of the frame D. Y

So far the description applies to the patent ot' John H. Doerr above mentioned, and the 55 following relates specifically to my invention.

The cushions F F are held firmly at their rear ends, so as to prevent the irregular motions of the car raising them from their seats by the slotted plates d on said ends and the 6o tenons d ofthe frame D, as seen in Fig. 3, and they are held at their front ends by means ot' the screws G G, which lit loosely in said frame and have collars e to prevent them dropping out of their bearings. .The end cushions, F F', 65 are held in place by iitting against the contiguous edges ot the cushions F F and the end rabbets ot' the frame D; or they may be secured by means of screws in the same manner as thc cushions F F. The screws G G also serve as 7o brackets for the support of the curtain-roller I, the pivots in the ends ot'the roller being connected with the heads ot' the screws, as seen in Fig. 1. By this connection ot' the curtain-roller with the heads of the screws the latter are securely locked, and thus prevented being turned by the jolting ofthe car.

J J are bolts in the ends ot' the skeleton fratrie D, which are provided with springs K K, that shoot them into holes in the moldings f fof 8o the side wall, C, when the frame is brought into its elevated position, as seen in Fig. 2, (in the day-time, out ofthe way,) whereby to hold the frame securely against falling, and also to prevent rattling.

L L are racks connected with the wall C, and so arranged in relation to the skeleton frame D as to adapt them to he used at night by the occupant of the upper berth, and also in the day-time, when the frame is brought to 9c its upper position bythe passenger occupying the seats.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination ot' the slotted plates l i with the rear ends of the cushions F, and the skeleton frame D, having tenons for holding the cushions securely in place, -substantially .as described.

2. The bolts e e, in combination with the skeleton fra-me D and the front ends ot' the roo 2 ermee? cushions' FF,forgreventing the latter raising skeleton frame D, having bolts J J, with the io by the jolting of he ear, substantially as rlewall A, having moldings'ff, whereby to hold scribed. the frame in its elevated position against; the

3. In a sleeping-ear, the combination of the wall, substantially as described.

curtain-roller I with the skeleton frame D having screws G Gr, provided with bearings for the' WILLIAM VIGMORE pivots of the roller, substantially in the man- Witnesses:

ner and for the purpose set forth. THOMAS J. BEWLEY,

4. In 2L sleeping-car, the combination ofthe STEPHEN USTIGK. 

